Runsa ship launch
Coordinates: 59 ° 33 ′ 49 ″ N , 17 ° 49 ′ 54 ″ E
| Runsa ship launch | ||
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| location | Uppland , Sweden | |
| Location | Runsa | |
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| When | Iron Age (400-500 AD) | |
| Where | Runsa , Upplands Väsby / Uppland | |
The Runsa ship setting ( Swedish Runsa skeppssättning ) is located in the municipality of Upplands Väsby in Uppland in Sweden .
Runsa is a 53 m long and 16 m wide ship setting on a burial ground . The ship consists of 28 stones up to 2.0 m long and 0.9 m high lying (instead of the usually standing) stones. A smaller ship nearby has gone out.
The ship setting is part of a burial ground , which also consists of 33 stone circles ( Domarring ), which are dated to the Germanic Iron Age (400 - 500 AD). The cemetery is located near the Runsa fornborg , a prehistoric hill fort that existed in this form and at this time only in parts of Sweden. One theory says that the Fornborg users used the area as a burial ground.
See also
literature
- Mårten Stenberger : Nordic prehistory. Volume 4: Prehistory of Sweden. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1977, ISBN 3-529-01805-8 .
Web links
- Runsa ship launch - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)